Bartholomew clifford galvin



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Letters Patent No. 72,184, dated December 17, 1867.

IMPROVED PORTABLE SillIlGl.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONGERN: I

Be it known that I, BAnTnoLcMEW CLIFFORD GALVIN, of the city of New York, in tho Stute of New York, have invented anew and useful Portable Switch and Railway-Car Lifter combined; und I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the construction of the same and its operation, reference beinghud to the annexed drawings respectively, making a part of this specification, in which, in-

Figure 1, sheet 1, is e view of the under side of my invention. g

Figure 2 is a side view of invention. l

Figures 3 and 4 are plan views of the upper'side of invention, when operating on thc right and loft-hand rails of a railway-track respectively.

'Figure 5 is a plan view of my invention, shown in 3 and 4, combined in one portable form, and on the same principle as shown in 3 und 4.

Figure is a side view of iig. 5.

Figure '7 is 'an underview of g. 5. l

Figure 8 is a sectional, view of the front end of iig. 5.

Figure 9 is a plan view of invention, as' a single car-lifter combining the hinge in iig. 5, and c. sliding' vlevailing-attachment and plug working perpendicularly in a. casing.

Figure 10 is a side view of iig. 9. 4

My invention, as shown in drawings, is made of wrought iron, and that part of it in ligs. 1, 2, 3, und 4,`

lettered D D, consists of an iron har, of from fourteen to thirty-,two inches long,'of suilicicnt strength and breadth on its upper side' to enable a railway-car wheel to travel on it as a. switch.` This bar D is arched on its upper and under sides; and the former affords, from ecch of its ends to its centre, two inclined planeso.nd has also the inner edge of the surface of said inclined planes lower thun theoutsidc edge thereof, so as to incline the flange of the car-wheel, (when ascending the bar,) to its outside extremity D N, which lutter rests on the ironrail R, when vthe switch is in operation, as shown in drawings 3, 4, und 9, respectively. G- G- are two iron plates, riveted together through the turned-down ends of each plate. One of these plates is inlaid and riveted to the under side of the bar D, and rests on the ail when the switch is in operation, and the ends of which plate, G Gr, being turned down, form the clip of the rail A A, which clip encloses the rail firmly, and on the outside of the rail is formed as iron teeth to hold between the rail and the ground outside during the operation of the switch. That part of invention in said iigs. 3 and 4,. lettered G, and'which extends beyond the clip oil l the ruil, has its end H turned down, and rests ou that` end outside the rail; and in iig. 9 is turneddoivn and t outwards at right angles with the rail, and the support thus afforded to that end oi'linventon acts as a balancing power to the pressure of' the car-wheel on bar D, gs. 3 und 4, and benA, fig. 9, when passing over same at that end of.invention. L is al levelling-attachment or lug to the end of letter G, and is used for the purpose of raising and supporting on the track that end of the switch, when the ground outside the truck is hollow or uneven. C is an iron plate, strongly riveted on the top of the end of H. It is obliquely-shnped on the inner side from end to end, and is of suihcient height above the upper level of the bar D to guide and'force the outside of a. car-wheel, (when'descending bar D,) on to the iron track, as required. E is an iron plate, attached to the end F of bar D, and with the nid of the iron teeth, letter F, forming that end of bar D, acts as a balaucjng power to keep the switch immovable while the car-wheel esconde it.

These devices are applicable alike to city railways or heavy locomotives und cars, requiring only to be varied in size. i i i l Fig. 5 shows a. combination of the preceding, in a portable form.

In iig. 5, A A are two iron bars, of suicient depth and breadth to elevate and sustain e. ce1' to the level oi' a rail, and form a right and left-hand cnr-lifter, combined in one instrument, and applicable to the rails of a railway-track. B shows a balancing-attachment plate to the end oi' the arm A, end adjacent to the groundteeth F, which latter are forced into the ground by the pressure of the wheel, and thereby render that end of the switch immovable during its operation. Each of' the iron arms, lettered A A, is divided into two parts, which latter are hinged in each other at letter'H, to enable the/longer extremities of cach arm to bc depressed to any hollow ground outside oi:- and adjacent to the rail, and in whichthc wheel of the cnr muy be, without disturbing the bodyoi the invention which 'rests on the rail. The upper sides ofthese two arms A A form inclined planes from both of their extremities, to the hinge H` separating each, and the surfaces of such inclined planes are sloped or inclined from the outside to. the inner side of each arm, so as to incline the lla-ngc ofv the car-wheel to the opening, letter O, over the groove G, and along the top of the switch S, and of the frog Fte' the inside of the rail .on which the invention rests when in operation. The under sidesof the arms'A A are inlaid with and riveted to the iron'plate O O, in the centre of which plate the groove G is formed to fit on the top of the rail, on which the invention rests when in operation. v I' In fig. 5, R lshows a. recess formed in each of thel arms, letters AA, to receive one end of the switch S. The othercud of letter S pivots at letter P within the eind of the frog F, which latter is at that end hollowed out to support S, and the switch S has a lateral motion to either side of the arms A A, as required for switching pur poses, and affords-0n its upper side a railwaytrack, continuous with the arm A A from the recess R. in the arm A A on to the upper level of the frogF, which latter is'made solid oi' iron or steel, and is rivetedft'o dnd inlaid with the iron plate 0 O, and restsouand extends along the upper level of the railway-traek, and by its' inclined plane, from its point V to the switch S, completes the two inclined planes from each end of the arms A A to' the hinge H H, i 1` O in fig-m5 and 8, respectively, shouf the iron plate connecting the arms A A, as also the sunken open-v ing'between them extending 'from above the groove G to both sides ofthe frog F, and of suici'ent depth and breadth to enable the flange of the car-wheel to pass. through it tothe inside of the rail.

' W, fig. bshows the wheel-guide iron plate, attached to the arms A A, constructed in the saine manner ns described with reference 'to tige. 1, 2, 3, and

L L, iig. 6, shows the levelling-iron attachments or lugsv to each side of the arms A A, und are intended tov -secure the even support of that end of the invention on the rail, when the ground outside, either s'ideot" `the rail, is hollow or below the level of the base of the rail, and is similarly constructed as those referred to in gs. 3 .and 4. The lug L L may be made in conjunction with figs. 3 and 5 to slide ina casing, and 4held by a pin-screw, thelug being perforated along its central line to allow the lug tc be projected downward, to suit the inequalities of the grounds surface, as shown in drawing, iigs, 10 and 11, and the hinge H, infgl 5, muy be also made applicable to the single switch, figs. and 4, as shown in figs. 9 and 10. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent, is

1. The single switch, constructed and arranged as described, with bar D, plate E, teeth F, clip of the rail A A, rail-plate Gr, wheel-guide C, and levelling-lug and casing L L, and vertical-acting hinge H in bar D, as and`for the purpose set forth. I l

2. The double portable switch, when constructed with vertically hinged arms A A attached to plate O, with frog F and movable arm S working)r in notches R, with movable and sliding side lugs L L and partsl and W, all constructed and combined as and for Athe purpose set forth,

3. I claim, in the car-replacer or switch above described, the three inclines, combined und'constructedsubstantially'as described, and for the purposes set forth.'

' BARTHW. CLIFFORD GALVIN. Witnesses:

H. CLAYTON, Jo. C.V CLAYToN. 

